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•~ Maple Kno7~l water private. system can be made, the council must base its (cont'd). determination on whether or not the connections proposed are in the best interests of all residents of the Village. Village Attorney He stated that in his opinion, if the council determined Graham that the connections proposed would aggravate the present water si~ur~ion, they would be justified in refusing to approve. He also pointed out that the council could not act arbitrarily in this. matter. Mayor Utecht Summarizing, the Mayor stated that in view of the history of this situation and the facts presented, he felt that additional connections at this time would increase the shortage and lower pressures. He felt that the water situation in Maple Knoll had to be improved before any more connections should be made, and that nothing should be done to make the situation worse. He pointed out that theµ^building permits were issued only upon the express understanding that no water connections were to be permitted. The three other council members present indicated their agreement with the Mayor's statement. Conclusion No one else wishing to be heard, the hearing was concluded. The council took no action to approve the permits, under- standing that the City of St Paul would not issue the necessary permits without the approval of the Village Council. Don Julep re Don Julep, of the Stepni~z Agency, representing the owners property managed of the business property at the southwest corner of Larpenteur by Stepnitz and Snelling Avenues, appeared Before the council and was Agency asked a~s to when conditions relating to the maintenance of property along Arona and. south of the business block would be taken care of. Mr. Julep reviewed matters pertaining to working out a plan for the whole area which lead to rezoning to business district of Tract I and opposition to parking on Trait II, the lot east of the Ncr thern States Power unit. After the stores were built on Tract I, the problems came up on Tract II, he said. Julep stated that several of the stores and employes having been using Tract II for employees' parking for 10 or 12 years. He said the area back of the building was a swamp at that time and that a lot of money was spent for fill and for the ditch from Arona to where the apartments are a When grading was being done, he said that entrances were cut into the area to let corners drain, taking in water from Garden Avenue, east on Calif ornia from Pascal, and. from behind the apartments. Said the owners are not interested in the rezoning of the lot, but. that they believe they have the right to park employees' cars there, Julep said the owners want to improve and maintain their property and will do what they can with the funds available after paying taxes and other expenses. They hope, he said, to put most of the plantings in this spring, especially along Idaho so as to screen in the area on the south side, and will plant grass after hauling in more dirt.-. Street maintenance Vern L~ungren, of our Village Engineer's staff, reported that program ~ the street maintenance program had been set up with the County Engineer.